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From: "Antonio Fili"
Date: Saturday, March 08, 2008 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: Nuclear energy is the best way to produce the bulk of our electricity!
From: "Antonio Fili"
Date: Saturday, March 08, 2008 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: Nuclear energy is the best way to produce the bulk of our electricity!
"Karl Johanson"
news:ZJlAj.55362$w94.44216@pd7urf2no...
> "Rob"
>
>>The problem is:
>>Even fissionable fuel is a limited commodity.
>
> There's enough for hundreds of thousands to millions of years.
>
>>The life span of a plant is 40 years before it has to be
>>decommissioned or retrofitted.
>
> Licensing is sometimes 40 years. They can last longer.
>
>>You then have to store the radioactive
>>construction waste for tens of thousands of years.
>
> Canada has recycled reactor parts.
>
> Karl Johanson
Which reactor parts did they recycle? I can't image how radioactive
components of a nuke plant can be reused....
